20 January 2004	Tuesday	27 Ziqa'ad 1424

SRINAGAR, Jan 19: A moderate Kashmiri leader said on Monday he would suggest to the Indian government during talks this week that a Hurriyat delegation be allowed to visit Pakistan to boost the peace process.

"The visit to Pakistan can push forward the peace process by leaps and bounds," said Maulana Abbas Ansari, who heads the moderate faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC).

"In Pakistan we can meet mujahideen leaders and try to persuade them to call for a ceasefire," he said. A five-member Hurriyat team, led by Abbas Ansari, will be holding first-ever high-level talks with Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani in New Delhi on Thursday.-AFP